Packing-box



, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- DANIELs. wiNe, oF'sTAMFoED, AssIcNoE. or Two-Turnos To Lucius H.TowNsEND, or KINGSTON, AND MANLY EVTAYLOE, or HUDSON, NEW

`YORK.

PACKING-Box.l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 533,939, dated February12, 1895. Application led April 18, 1894. Serial No. 508,050. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DAMEL S. WING, acitizen of y,the United States,residing at Stamford, in the county of Delaware and 'State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Packing-Boxes, of whichthe following is a specication.

My invention relates more particularly, though not necessarily, to thatclass of packing boxes which are designed to contain interior packages,as of cans of milk and cream, and which it may be desirable to ship andreturn may times, and the object of the invention is, first, to moreeectually than heretofore insure that the consignes shall receive thecontents of the-package in their original purity, as ofv milk,medicines, liquors, &c., and,

second, to also insure so far as practicable against the breakage intransportation of such glassware as may be contained within the packingbox.

The accompanying drawings are'intended tohreresent more fully myinvention, and of w 1c Figure 1, is a vertical section of the packingbox, inclosing a glass jar A. Fig. 2, is a front elevation of samebox. l

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout both views.

' a designates the walls of thebox and b, its cover, the edges of whichmaybe rabbeted as shown, or cleatsmay be attached thereto, so that thecover will lit in the interior of the box at the top. That portion ofthe cover b, which is wit-hin the box when closed, is perforatedhorizontally, as seen at o, to receive a locking rod as hereinafter setforth.

In the front wall of the box, near the top, is arecess g,and ahorizontal keyhole h, and in the rear wall, opposite said key hole, isan inner recess or socket lo, to receive the end through the key hole h,and through the perforation o, in the cover b, into the socket lo, inthe rear wall, the key-hole being long enough to admit the arm cl.v Therod c may thenbe turned, the outer arm e serving as a as seen in Fig. l.

handle,` so that the arms d and e extend downward, the arm d beingwithin and close against the front wall of the box, and' the arm e beingwithin the recess g, which surrounds the keyhole, and against theoutside of said wall, Thus the cover is securely held in place and therod c is prevented from displacement by jarring or moving of the box.

vThe arm e being in the recess g, abrasionis avoided when several boxesare crated together.

v When the cover h is in place therod c is l l inserted through ahorizontal key hole, shown at h, Fig. 2, and the arms d ande, are thenturned downward to a Vertical position, where they will remain by reasonof their own gravity until withdrawn by reverse methods.

f,Fig. 2, is a seal orlabel, (shown by dotted lines) upon which anyproper description, de-

vice or trade mark, 'may be inscribed, and is to be stamped, pasted orgummed as shown,

over the edge of the cover b, and over the arm e, and is designed toprevent the removal of the cover, o r the withdrawing of the rod c,without first destroying the seal or label.

I do not claim as myinvention any label or seal or the use of any labelor seal in any general sense, neither do I wish to confine my inventionto any particular material of which the packing box shall be made; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination with the body of a box, provided with a key-hole h, inits front wall, and an inner socket k, in its rear wall, of a coverwhich extends into said box and is perforated horizontally, and alocking rod c, proconstructed that-when the box is closed, the

vsaid rod may be passed through the said keyhole and the perforation insaid cover, ,into the socket lo, and then turned so as to bring the armscl, and e, to vertical positions, one

on the inner side of said front wall and the other on the outside, afterwhich the outer` arm may be covered with a seal or label, all v asherein set forth and described.

DANIEL S. WING.

Witnesses: Y

GEO. C. GIBBS, W. H. MoALPI-NE.

